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Apigee vs Axway AMPLIFY API Management vs Kong Gateway Enterprise comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the API Management category, the mindshare of Apigee is 8.1%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY API Management is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kong Gateway Enterprise is 5.6%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
API Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apigee8.1%
Kong Gateway Enterprise5.6%
Axway AMPLIFY API Management1.6%
Other84.7%
API Management
 

Featured Reviews

IM
consultant at Allstate
Apigee empowers effective API management while needing improvements in technical support
There is room for improvement with Apigee as OPDK private cloud enhancements have stopped, focusing only on Apigee hybrid and Apigee X, with Google no longer adding new features to OPDK private cloud. I am not currently utilizing AI in the private cloud with Apigee, but I'm unsure about hybrid and Apigee X.
reviewer2081667 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized gateway has strengthened API security and provides deep traffic analytics
Potential areas of improvement or lack of functions in Axway AMPLIFY API Management is a challenging question because even after working for almost six years, I have not been able to touch everything this tool offers. This tool is very comprehensive and useful. However, from my opinion, when there are different dashboards on which the API platform shows monitoring, I expect Axway AMPLIFY API Management to be more visible in terms of showing pre-historic data. In other words, if there is a very large volume or very large number of transactions going on live in production, sometimes it purges the previous data very quickly, leaving only one or two hours of data. When there is very low volume, it can sustain data up to five days. The visibility of the previous historic database is a feature that could be improved. Different tools can be used to empower this capability, such as Splunk or the ELK stack, which includes Elastic. There are different features that could be used, but Axway as an organization would likely implement their specific products. I am simply providing a very basic opinion anonymously and do not want to sound like I am against this organization.
ES
Enterprise Architect at El Al
Seamless integration and efficient security boost API management capabilities
More plugins for additional integrations would be helpful and openness for traditional development languages, such as .NET, because many enterprises are looking for .NET solutions or incorporating with .NET solutions. I mostly missed local resellers or partners that we could use within our enterprise, because it was difficult for some tech personnel to work with remote tech support.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Apigee brings a lot of projects, including development projects; for example, when an oil company is swiping a card in the palm station for payment of oil, as it swipes, it hits the database, and Apigee manages the entire process with the help of dedicated proxies, and managing those proxies is very easy, and Apigee makes proxy management very simple."
"We are achieving five thousand TPS (Throughput per second) on peak load, and managing thousands of proxies against K8s cluster services."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"Apigee has better scalability than WSA."
"It's stable."
"I'm still evaluating, but in terms of overall performance and stability, it's quite good."
"I think the most valuable features are the security features, and the other very important issue is the sandboxing capability of Apigee."
"It provides secured incoming connections with data and cloud-based API functionality, which results in efficiency and reliability."
"This product is reliable and stable."
"The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."
"Axway AMPLIFY API Management is niche technology that people prefer because it has emerged beautifully and has very nice support and enterprise-level features which are not provided by cloud Azure or AWS."
"It provides very strong security functionality to protect information in an easier way."
"The most valuable features are security enforcement and throttling."
"Axway is a good product according to Gartner which is why we started to adopt it."
"The API portal capability is a valuable feature."
"Its flexibility allows us to adapt to different scenarios."
"Kong Gateway helped to improve performance. It's good enough for our users."
"The price is reasonable compared to that of alternative solutions."
"Kong enterprise has significantly enhanced our ability to manage and secure our Microservices. Its most valuable feature is monitoring."
"It offers a wide range of plugins that we leverage, including OIDC, Rate Limiting, Lambda functions, and more."
"It boasts remarkable speed and stability, and these qualities, particularly the gateway's resilience, are standout features for me."
"This is a solid intrusion prevention system that combines a firewall and antivirus in a single solution."
"Kong Gateway Enterprise is quite comprehensive."
"The tool's scalability is good...The solution's technical support is good."
 

Cons

"I am still struggling to understand how we can use Apigee as a hybrid system. The pricing of this solution could also be improved as there are multiple new products coming onto the market at competitive price points."
"The account simplification process can be improved."
"I would like to see SOAP services and socket-based connectivity developed."
"Google isn't enthusiastic about supporting older versions. Google is now trying to move all of its clients to X within the cloud."
"More documentation on the Open Banking Standard will help."
"Drag and drop of features would be more beneficial, rather than manually working on the configuration and updates."
"There is room for improvement in v-logging for each transaction."
"What my clients don't like is that the on-premises solution is not being treated and maintained as well as the cloud solution."
"The areas for enhancement should be improving certain filters within the solution. Although they are generally functional, there are occasional problems that could be more precisely adjusted. Additionally, the solution performs well within its workload limitations, but it may not be suitable for scaling up or managing a larger volume of transactions through the gateway. To address this, it may be necessary to adopt a unique architecture rather than relying on traditional pre-packaged options."
"The installation process is a bit complex and it could be a lot simpler."
"The product shows a lack of maturity. The setup is difficult, the tech support and community are lacking, and it is not very stable."
"Areas of improvement include marketing and enhancing the data products area by using ETIs."
"Ultimately, from a very high-level overview, cloud platforms or Kong could have a slight advantage when compared to Axway AMPLIFY API Management."
"We sometimes have issues with some of the functions because they do not work very well."
"Axway's queuing messages could be enhanced."
"This solution does have some limitations regarding the deployment model."
"Because it is open-source, it should be less expensive than others."
"We are facing issues with the solution's features like reports and traffic analysis."
"The developer portal needs to be improved."
"The tool needs improvement in UX."
"Because it is open-source, it should be less expensive than others."
"The solution should include policy features that are available in other solutions like MuleSoft API manager but missing in Kong Enterprise."
"It becomes difficult if you try to scale it up to multiple clusters."
"Kong Enterprise fails to provide live tracing of the APIs, which is possible nowadays."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apigee has several different licenses you can obtain depending on your needs."
"As most of the customers say, the tool is a bit expensive."
"Its price is reasonable for the features they provide and the maturity of the platform."
"It was fairly expensive. I don't know what the standard pricing is. I want to say that it's something like $80,000 for 800 million requests (approximately) a year."
"If the budget is not a concern then I will choose to go with Apigee over WSA-2, but if it is then I would prefer the latter solution."
"The tool is extremely expensive."
"The prices are comparable."
"Based on your usage of the APIs you can take a decision to go with either an on-cloud or OPDK version. Get in touch with the sales representatives of Apigee."
"The solution is expensive. When you acquire a license you have full access to the solution, unlike other competitors such as Apigee X, where there are fragmented licenses. Some licenses only allow access to certain features while others allow access to more features. Upon procuring this solution's license, you will have full access to the solution, allowing you to experiment with all of its features."
"There are many factors that influence the price of Kong Enterprise, such as scale, licenses, and usage."
"Kong Enterprise is cheaper than Apigee. I rate its pricing as four out of ten."
"The price is really reasonable compared to that of alternative solutions."
"It's expensive in Thailand (10 million baht, in Thai currency)."
"The licensing is expensive."
"Kong Enterprise's pricing is reasonable for our company size."
"The licensing fees are paid yearly."
"I don't have any information on licensing costs currently."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise65
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

How does Apigee differ from Azure API Management?
Apigee offers both cloud-based and on-prem options while Microsoft Azure API Management currently only offers a clou...
Which is better - Apigee or Amazon API Gateway?
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How does Kong Enterprise compare with Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager?
The Mulesoft Anypoint API Manager was designed with its users in mind. Though it is a reasonably complex piece of sof...
What do you like most about Kong Enterprise?
The tool's feature that I find most beneficial is rate limiting. In our usage, especially in the financial sector, we...
What needs improvement with Kong Enterprise?
Bringing in additional features to Kong Gateway Enterprise would not necessarily help it. Improving the existing feat...
 

Also Known As

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Vordel Application Gateway, Axway API Management Plus, Axway API Management, AMPLIFY API Management
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Sample Customers

Adobe, advance.net, Amadeus, AT&T, Bechtel, Belly, Burberry, Chegg, Citrix, Dell, eBay, Equifax, GameStop, First Data, Globe, HCSC, Intralinks, Kao, Meredith, Mitchell, Orange, Pearson
Engie Group, Allianz
Cargill, Zillow, Ferrari, WeWork, Healthcare.gov, Yahoo! Japan, Giphy, SkyScanner
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